0%

10-letter words starting with ri

  • rigid body — A rigid body is a body that does not deform or vibrate.
  • rigil kent — the star Alpha Centauri
  • rigorously — characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.
  • rijsttafel — an Indonesian meal consisting of rice served with a large array of small dishes of meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, and condiments.
  • rime riche — rhyme created by the use of two different words, or groups of words, of which both the stressed syllables and any following syllables are identical, as in lighted, delighted.
  • rinderpest — an acute, usually fatal infectious disease of cattle, sheep, etc., caused by a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus and characterized by high fever, diarrhea, and lesions of the skin and mucous membranes.
  • ring cycle — Ring of the Nibelung, The.
  • ring dance — round dance.
  • ring false — to give the impression of being false
  • ring flash — a type of electronic flash in which the light source is arranged in a ring around the lens in order to produce a light without shadows
  • ring gauge — ring1 (def 21).
  • ring ouzel — a European thrush, Turdus torquatus, common in rocky areas. The male has a blackish plumage with a white band around the neck and the female is brown
  • ring round — If you ring round or ring around, you phone several people, usually when you are trying to organize something or to find some information.
  • ring shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
  • ring snake — grass snake (def 1).
  • ring stone — a voussoir appearing on a face of an arch.
  • ring-fence — assign to sth
  • ring-shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
  • ringleader — a person who leads others, especially in opposition to authority, law, etc.: a ringleader of revolutionary activities.
  • ringmaster — a person in charge of the performances in a circus ring.
  • rinky-dink — inconsequential, amateurish, or of generally inferior quality; small-time: a rinky-dink college; He plays with some rinky-dink team.
  • rio balsas — Río, Río Balsas.
  • rio branco — a state in W Brazil. 58,900 sq. mi. (152,550 sq. km). Capital: Rio Branco.
  • rio cuarto — a city in central Argentina.
  • rio de oro — Western Sahara.
  • rio grande — a city in NE Puerto Rico.
  • riot grrrl — young woman who enjoys feminist punk rock
  • riot squad — a group of police officers having special training and equipment for quelling riots and other public disturbances.
  • ripcording — (audio)   (From "ripping" and "recording") Encoding streaming digital audio from the Internet to an MP3 file or similar. Ripcording is commononly used to copy commercial music from a free stream instead of paying to download.
  • ripidolite — a mineral of the chlorite group, essentially hydrated magnesium and aluminum silicate with some ferrous iron.
  • riprapping — a quantity of broken stone for foundations, revetments of embankments, etc.
  • riproaring — boisterously wild and exciting; riotous: Have a rip-roaring good time.
  • ripsnorter — something or someone exceedingly strong or violent: a ripsnorter of a gale.
  • rise above — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
  • risibility — Often, risibilities. the ability or disposition to laugh; humorous awareness of the ridiculous and absurd.
  • ritardando — becoming gradually slower
  • ritornello — an orchestral interlude between arias, scenes, or acts in 17th-century opera.
  • ritschlian — of or relating to the theology of Albrecht Ritschl (1822–89), who developed a liberal Christian theology and maintained that religious faith is based on value judgments.
  • ritualised — to practice ritualism.
  • ritualized — to practice ritualism.
  • river bank — land at edge of a river
  • river edge — a borough in NE New Jersey.
  • river fish — a freshwater fish
  • river head — the source of a river
  • rivercraft — a small vessel which is used to travel on rivers
  • riverfront — the land or property along a river; the section of a city or town along a river.
  • riverscape — a view, painting, etc., of a river and the land surrounding or adjacent to it.
  • riverwards — towards a river
  • rivetingly — in a riveting manner
  • rix-dollar — any of various silver coins, as the Danish rigsdaler, the Dutch rijksdaalder, or the German reichsthaler, of about equal value.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?